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• NTCA Guidelines for Respiratory Isolation and Restrictions to Reduce Transmission of Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Community Settings.
  Zoe Dansky, Heidi Behm, Shaka Brown, Lana Dov, Diana Fortune, Nicole Linda Gadon, Katelynne Gardner Toren, Susannah Graves, Connie A Haley, Nadya Sabuwala, Donna Wegen...> ;Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2024 Apr 18
• "As a patient I do not belong to the clinic, I belong to the community." Co-developing a multi-level, person-centred tuberculosis stigma intervention in Cape Town, Sou...
  Sally E Hayward, Nosivuyile Vanqa, Goodman Makanda, Phumeza Tisile, Luthando Ngwatyu, Isabel Foster, Abenathi Mcinziba, Amanda Biewer, Rachel Mbuyamba, Michelle Gallow...> ;Research Square. 2024 Feb 8
• Accuracy of digital chest x-ray analysis with artificial intelligence software as a triage and screening tool in hospitalized patients being evaluated for tuberculosis...
  Biewer, A., Tzelios, C., Tintaya, K., Roman, B., Hurwitz, S., Yuen, C., Mitnick, C., Lecca, L., Tierney, D., Nardell, E., Nathavitharana, R.> ;PLOS Global Public Health. 2024 Jan 1
• 1 citations
  "This is an illness. No one is supposed to be treated badly": Community-based stigma assessments in South Africa to inform TB stigma intervention design.
  Isabel Foster, Amanda Biewer, Nosivuyile Vanqa, Goodman Makanda, Phumeza Tisile, Sally E Hayward, Dillon T Wademan, Michaile G Anthony, Rachel Mbuyamba, Michelle Gallo...> ;Research Square. 2023 Dec 11
• Accuracy of digital chest x-ray analysis with artificial intelligence software as a triage and screening tool in hospitalized patients being evaluated for tuberculosis...
  Amanda Biewer, Christine Tzelios, Karen Tintaya, Betsabe Roman, Shelley Hurwitz, Carole D Mitnick, Edward Nardell, Leonid Lecca, Dylan B Tierney, Ruvandhi R Nathavitha...> ;Medrxiv. 2023 Dec 7
• 5 citations
  Female Genital Tuberculosis.
  Christine Tzelios, Werner M Neuhausser, David Ryley, Nhi Vo, Rocio M Hurtado, Ruvandhi R Nathavitharana> ;Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 2022 Nov 1
• 23 citations
  Reimagining the status quo: How close are we to rapid sputum-free tuberculosis diagnostics for all?
  Ruvandhi R Nathavitharana, Alberto L Garcia-Basteiro, Morten Ruhwald, Frank Cobelens, Grant Theron> ;Ebiomedicine. 2022 Apr 1
• 2 citations
  Predicting Airborne Infection Risk: Association Between Personal Ambient Carbon Dioxide Level Monitoring and Incidence of Tuberculosis Infection in South African Healt...
  Ruvandhi R Nathavitharana, Hridesh Mishra, Amanda Sullivan, Shelley Hurwitz, Philip Lederer, Jack Meintjes, Edward Nardell, Grant Theron> ;Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2022 Oct 12
• 3 citations
  Addressing TB-related mortality in adults living with HIV: a review of the challenges and potential solutions.
  Amanda Sullivan, Ruvandhi R Nathavitharana> ;Therapeutic Advances in Infectious Disease. 2022 Mar 18
• 4 citations
  FAST tuberculosis transmission control strategy speeds the start of tuberculosis treatment at a general hospital in Lima, Peru.
  Dylan B. Tierney, Eli Orvis, Ruvandhi R. Nathavitharana, Shelley Hurwitz, Karen Tintaya, Dante Vargas, Patricia Segura, Silvana de la Gala, Leonid Lecca, Carole D. Mit...> ;Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 2021 Oct 6
• 1 citations
  Can AI technologies close the diagnostic gap in tuberculosis
  Christine Tzelios, Ruvandhi R. Nathavitharana> ;The Lancet. Digital Health. 2021 Sep 1
• 15 citations
  Impact of diagnostic strategies for tuberculosis using lateral flow urine lipoarabinomannan assay in people living with HIV
  Ruvandhi R. Nathavitharana, Philip Lederer, Marty Chaplin, Stephanie Bjerrum, Karen R Steingart, Maunank Shah> ;The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2021 Aug 20
• 4 citations
  “If I’ve got latent TB, I would like to get rid of it”: Derivation of the CARD (Constraints, Actions, Risks, and Desires) Framework informed by South African healthcar...
  Ruvandhi R. Nathavitharana, Ananja van der Westhuizen, Helene-Mari van der Westhuizen, Hridesh Mishra, Annalean Sampson, Jack Meintjes, Edward A. Nardell, Andrew McDow...> ;Plos One. 2021 Aug 18
• 25 citations
  Chest X-ray analysis with deep learning-based software as a triage test for pulmonary tuberculosis: an individual patient data meta-analysis of diagnostic accuracy.
  Gamuchirai Tavaziva, Miriam Harris, S.K. Abidi, Coralie Geric, Marianne Breuninger, Keertan Dheda, Aliasgar Esmail, Monde Muyoyeta, Klaus Reither, Arman Majidulla, Aam...> ;Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2021 Jul 21
• 3 citations
  Diagnosing active tuberculosis in primary care.
  Ruvandhi R. Nathavitharana, Dolores Freire Jijon, Pankaj Pal, Saurabh Rane> ;BMJ. 2021 Jul 1
• Progress toward Developing Sensitive Non-Sputum-Based Tuberculosis Diagnostic Tests: the Promise of Urine Cell-Free DNA.
  Emily MacLean, Ruvandhi R. Nathavitharana> ;Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 2021 Jul 19
• 13 citations
  Impact of the diagnostic test Xpert MTB/RIF on patient outcomes for tuberculosis
  Frederick Haraka, Mwaka A. Kakolwa, Samuel G Schumacher, Ruvandhi R. Nathavitharana, Claudia M. Denkinger, Sebastien Gagneux, Klaus Reither, Amanda Ross> ;The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2021 May 6
• 205 citations
  Immunogenicity of the Ad26.COV2.S Vaccine for COVID-19.
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• Translating scientific discoveries during pandemics: Ensuring equity for people affected by COVID-19 and tuberculosis
  Jessica Carter, Jon S. Friedland, Daniela E. Kirwan, Ruvandhi R. Nathavitharana> ;ERJ Open Research. 2020 Oct 19
• 7 citations
  Surgical cure of clarithromycin resistant Mycobacterium chelonae breast implant infection: A case report and review of the literature.
  Vimal V Jhaveri, Dhruv Singhal, Stefan Riedel, Christopher F. Rowley, Ruvandhi R. Nathavitharana> ;Journal of Clinical Tuberculosis and Other Mycobacterial Diseases. 2020 Sep 5
• 64 citations
  Airborne Spread of SARS-CoV-2 and a Potential Role for Air Disinfection.
  Edward A. Nardell, Ruvandhi R. Nathavitharana> ;JAMA. 2020 Jul 14
• 6 citations
  Innovation and Knowledge Sharing Can Transform COVID-19 Infection Prevention Response.
  Ruvandhi R. Nathavitharana, Payal K. Patel, Dylan B. Tierney, Preeti Mehrotra, Philip Lederer, Sheila Davis, Edward A. Nardell> ;Journal of Hospital Medicine. 2020 Apr 23
• 17 citations
  Programmatic versus personalised approaches to managing the global epidemic of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis
  Jeremiah Chakaya, Ben J. Marais, Philipp du Cros, Francine Ntoumi, Sayoki Mfinanga, Nathan Kapata, Seyed Ehtesham Hasnain, Ruvandhi R. Nathavitharana, Alimuddin Zumla> ;The Lancet. Respiratory Medicine. 2020 Apr 1
• 8 citations
  Cool but dangerous: How climate change is increasing the risk of airborne infections.
  Edward A. Nardell, Philip Lederer, Hridesh Mishra, Ruvandhi R. Nathavitharana, Grant Theron> ;Indoor Air. 2020 Mar 1
• 45 citations
  Closing gaps in the tuberculosis care cascade: an action-oriented research agenda
  Ramnath Subbaraman, Tulip Jhaveri, Ruvandhi R. Nathavitharana> ;Journal of Clinical Tuberculosis and Other Mycobacterial Diseases. 2020 Jan 11
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Journal Articles

• Airborne Spread of SARS-CoV-2 and a Potential Role for Air Disinfection  
  Edward A Nardell, Ruvandhi R Nathavitharana, JAMA